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Paradise Education Center changes name (The Arizona Republic)
Paradise Education Center in Surprise recently partnered with University Public Schools, an affiliate of Arizona State University, to become one of two ''New American Schools'' in the state.
Education figures old but funding is steady (The New Zealand Herald)
This is true but also outdated - the statistics the Minister of Education refers to are from 2004, the OECD's most recent round-up of such statistics. The OECD average was 3.7 per cent and Australia languished behind New Zealand on 3.6 per cent.
Tax all graduates, says former education minister Baroness Blackstone (Daily Telegraph)
Former students should pay a "graduate tax" for decades after leaving university, according to a former Labour education minister.
Brazil Senate OKs Bill To Lift Budget Cap For Education (Nasdaq)
BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's Senate approved a constitutional amendment late Wednesday that would eliminate the effects of the country's budget allocation requirements, known as the DRU provision, on education spending.
Education dep't to improve performance in NAT (Sun Star)
THE Department of Education (DepEd) in Southern Mindanao has committed to double its efforts in exposing public elementary and high school students to speaking and reading in Filipino after the region placed just a notch higher than the poorest performers in the National Achievement Test (NAT).
Defense, Education departments sign pact on military children (The Belvoir Eagle)
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England and Deputy Education Secretary Raymond Simon signed a memorandum of understanding between their agencies at the Pentagon June 25 that addresses the quality of education and the unique challenges faced by children of military families.
VCs urged to chalk out strategy to impart quality education (New Kerala)
Chandigarh, Jul 3: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called upon vice chancellors and college principals to jointly chalk out a strategy to impart quality education to economically poor and bright students, especially those with rural background.
Easley receiving national education award (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville)
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley is being lauded by the nation's top teacher lobbying group as "America's Greatest Education Governor."
Sebelius kicks off talks of new education council (KOAM-TV Pittsburg)
Associated Press - July 3, 2008 12:34 PM ET TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says the state needs to improve its coordination of education programs.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says the state needs to improve its coordination of education programs. (KAKE)
She also worries that the education system, from preschool through graduate school, has gaps, where students fail or leave school and don't live up to their full potential.